Words that rhyme with admittedly

  • abstractedly
    adv 1: in an absentminded or preoccupied manner; "he read the letter absently" [syn: absently, abstractedly, inattentively, absentmindedly]
  • affectedly
    adv 1: in an affected manner
  • animatedly
    adv 1: in an animated manner; "they talked animatedly"
  • badly
    adv 1: to a severe or serious degree; "fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated"; "badly injured"; "a severely impaired heart"; "is gravely ill"; "was seriously ill" [syn: badly, severely, gravely, seriously] 2: (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well; "he was ill prepared"; "it ill befits a man to betray old friends"; "the car runs badly"; "he performed badly on the exam"; "the team played poorly"; "ill-fitting clothes"; "an ill-conceived plan" [syn: ill, badly, poorly] [ant: good, well] 3: evilly or wickedly; "treated his parents badly"; "to steal is to act badly" 4: in a disobedient or naughty way; "he behaved badly in school"; "he mischievously looked for a chance to embarrass his sister"; "behaved naughtily when they had guests and was sent to his room" [syn: badly, mischievously, naughtily] 5: with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly'); "the injury hurt badly"; "the buildings were badly shaken"; "it hurts bad"; "we need water bad" [syn: badly, bad] 6: very much; strongly; "I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it"; "the cables had sagged badly"; "they were badly in need of help"; "he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it" [syn: badly, bad] 7: without skill or in a displeasing manner; "she writes badly"; "I think he paints very badly" [ant: well] 8: in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage; "the venture turned out badly for the investors"; "angry that the case was settled disadvantageously for them" [syn: badly, disadvantageously] [ant: advantageously, well] 9: unfavorably or with disapproval; "tried not to speak ill of the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern" [syn: ill, badly] [ant: well] 10: with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display; "they took their defeat badly"; "took her father's death badly"; "conducted himself very badly at the time of the earthquake" [ant: well]
  • belatedly
    adv 1: later than usual or than expected; "the train arrived late"; "we awoke late"; "the children came late to school"; "notice came so tardily that we almost missed the deadline"; "I belatedly wished her a happy birthday" [syn: late, belatedly, tardily] [ant: ahead of time, early, too soon]
  • collectedly
    adv 1: in a self-collected or self-possessed manner; "he announced the death of his father collectedly" [syn: collectedly, composedly]
  • comradely
    adj 1: heartily friendly and congenial [syn: comradely, hail- fellow, hail-fellow-well-met]
  • contentedly
    adv 1: with equanimity; "`I bought it,' she said contentedly"
  • cuddly
    adj 1: inviting cuddling or hugging; "a cuddlesome baby"; "a cuddly teddybear" [syn: cuddlesome, cuddly]
  • dastardly
    adj 1: despicably cowardly; "the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on...December 7th"- F.D. Roosevelt [syn: dastard(a), dastardly]
  • deadly
    adv 1: as if dead [syn: deadly, lifelessly] 2: (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous" [syn: madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly, devilishly] adj 1: causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness" [syn: deadly, deathly, mortal] 2: of an instrument of certain death; "deadly poisons"; "lethal weapon"; "a lethal injection" [syn: deadly, lethal] 3: extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite" [syn: deadly, venomous, virulent] 4: involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; "the seven deadly sins" [syn: deadly, mortal(a)] 5: exceedingly harmful [syn: baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent] 6: (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect
  • decidedly
    adv 1: without question and beyond doubt; "it was decidedly too expensive"; "she told him off in spades"; "by all odds they should win" [syn: decidedly, unquestionably, emphatically, definitely, in spades, by all odds]
  • dejectedly
    adv 1: in a dejected manner; "when she came back Sophie and Esther were sitting dejectedly in the kitchen" [syn: dejectedly, in low spirits]
  • delightedly
    adv 1: with delight; "delightedly, she accepted the invitation"
  • dementedly
    adv 1: in an insane manner; "she behaved insanely"; "he behaves crazily when he is off his medication"; "the witch cackled madly"; "screaming dementedly" [syn: insanely, crazily, dementedly, madly] [ant: sanely]
  • deservedly
    adv 1: as deserved; "he chalked up two goals which deservedly gave Bolton their second victory of the season" [ant: undeservedly]
  • devotedly
    adv 1: with devotion; "He served his master devotedly"
  • disappointedly
    adv 1: in disappointment; in a disappointed manner; "she left the gambling table disappointedly"
  • discontentedly
    adv 1: with discontent; in a discontented manner; "he was still rumbling discontentedly when Pike returned bearing a folder of foolscap sheets"
  • disgustedly
    adv 1: with disgust; "disgustedly, she averted her eyes when they brought in the mutilated body of the horse"
  • disinterestedly
    adv 1: without bias; without selfish motives; "he decided the case disinterestedly"
  • disjointedly
    adv 1: in a disjointed manner; "`We're not married, not really married,' she said, and slowly, reluctantly, disjointedly it came out"
  • dispiritedly
    adv 1: in a dispirited manner without hope; "the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances" [syn: dispiritedly, hopelessly]
  • distractedly
    adv 1: in a distracted manner; "`Come in,' he said distractedly"
  • exaggeratedly
    adv 1: in an exaggerated manner [syn: hyperbolically, exaggeratedly]
  • excitedly
    adv 1: with excitement; in an excited manner; "she shook his hand excitedly"
  • gladly
    adv 1: in a willing manner; "this was gladly agreed to"; "I would fain do it" [syn: gladly, lief, fain]
  • godly
    adj 1: showing great reverence for god; "a godly man"; "leading a godly life" [syn: godly, reverent, worshipful] 2: emanating from God; "divine judgment"; "divine guidance"; "everything is black or white...satanic or godly"-Saturday Review [syn: divine, godly]
  • hardly
    adv 1: only a very short time before; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats [syn: barely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarce] 2: almost not; "he hardly ever goes fishing"; "he was hardly more than sixteen years old"; "they scarcely ever used the emergency generator" [syn: hardly, scarcely]
  • idly
    adv 1: in an idle manner; "this is what I always imagined myself doing in the south of France, sitting idly, drinking coffee, watching the people" [syn: idly, lazily]
  • limitedly
    adv 1: in a limited manner
  • lordly
    adj 1: of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage" [syn: august, grand, lordly] 2: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer [syn: disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering]
  • loudly
    adv 1: with relatively high volume; "the band played loudly"; "she spoke loudly and angrily"; "he spoke loud enough for those at the back of the room to hear him"; "cried aloud for help" [syn: loudly, loud, aloud] [ant: quietly, softly] 2: in manner that attracts attention; "obstreperously, he demanded to get service" [syn: obstreperously, loudly, clamorously] 3: used as a direction in music; to be played relatively loudly [syn: forte, loudly] [ant: piano, softly]
  • madly
    adv 1: in an uncontrolled manner; "she fought back madly" [syn: madly, frantically] 2: in an insane manner; "she behaved insanely"; "he behaves crazily when he is off his medication"; "the witch cackled madly"; "screaming dementedly" [syn: insanely, crazily, dementedly, madly] [ant: sanely] 3: (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous" [syn: madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly, devilishly]
  • medley
    n 1: a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources [syn: medley, potpourri, pastiche]
  • oddly
    adv 1: in a manner differing from the usual or expected; "had a curiously husky voice"; "he's behaving rather peculiarly" [syn: curiously, oddly, peculiarly] 2: in a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper" [syn: queerly, strangely, oddly, funnily]
  • pointedly
    adv 1: in such a manner as to make something clearly evident; "he pointedly ignored the question"
  • proudly
    adv 1: with pride; in a proud manner; "he walked proudly into town"
  • purportedly
    adv 1: believed or reputed to be the case [syn: purportedly, supposedly]
  • reportedly
    adv 1: according to reports or other information; "she was reportedly his mistress for many years"
  • reputedly
    adv 1: by repute; according to general belief; "fish with reputedly poisonous flesh"
  • spiritedly
    adv 1: in a spirited or lively manner; with animation and vivacity
  • staidly
    adv 1: in a grave and sober manner; "he walked soberly toward the altar" [syn: gravely, soberly, staidly]
  • undoubtedly
    adv 1: without doubt; certainly; "it's undoubtedly very beautiful" [syn: undoubtedly, doubtless, doubtlessly]
  • unexpectedly
    adv 1: in a way that was not expected; "her brother showed up at the wedding out of the blue" [syn: unexpectedly, out of the blue] 2: without advance planning; "they met accidentally" [syn: by chance, accidentally, circumstantially, unexpectedly] [ant: advisedly, by choice, by design, deliberately, designedly, intentionally, on purpose, purposely]
  • uninterruptedly
    adv 1: without interruption; "this pleasant state of affairs had continued peacefully and uninterruptedly for many years"
  • unwontedly
    adv 1: in an unusual manner
  • weirdly
    adv 1: in a weird manner; "she was dressed weirdly"
  • wholeheartedly
    adv 1: without reserve; without reservation; "he adopted wholeheartedly some of the policies that he had previously criticized"
  • redly
    adv 1: displaying a red color; "the forge belched redly at the sky"-Adria Langley
  • unitedly
    adv 1: with cooperation and interchange; "we worked together on the project" [syn: together, unitedly]
  • agitatedly
  • benightedly
  • calculatedly
  • complicatedly
  • concertedly
  • connectedly
  • debauchedly
  • dedicatedly
  • degradedly
  • depravedly
  • disaffectedly
  • disconnectedly
  • downheartedly
  • elatedly
  • exasperatedly
  • foresightedly
  • giftedly
  • interestedly
  • opinionatedly
  • premeditatedly
  • restrictedly
  • sophisticatedly
  • unabatedly
  • unaffectedly
  • undauntedly
  • uninhibitedly
  • unlimitedly
  • unrestrictedly
  • puddly
  • dudley
  • studley
  • fetidly
  • statedly
  • inflatedly
  • pervertedly

See also admittedly definition and admittedly synonyms